USDA Value-Added Producer Grant
This lesson is a guide published by USDA Rural Development.
Read the guideWhat you'll get
A USDA Rural Development slide deck explains the Value-Added Producer Grant: planning grants up to $50,000 for feasibility studies and business plans, working-capital grants up to $200,000 for processing and marketing, a one-to-one matching requirement and who counts as an eligible applicant. The applicant must produce and own more than half of the main raw ingredient, so most makers who buy their ingredients will not qualify; read the eligibility slides first and check the program page for the next application window.
Do this week
Check the eligibility slides against your ingredient sourcing, and write down whether you or a farm partner produces and owns more than half of your main ingredient.